China Synopsis
“No Sesame. All street.”
In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.
Audience Engagement
933 audience reviews — more than 94% of China films in our index.
Review volume (94th percentile) outruns trending popularity (78th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Other Titles From STX Films
Action + Comedy in China
54 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Happytime Murders itself).
The 2017–2019 China Window
In the crowded 2017-2019 China release window, The Happytime Murders sits at #218 of 248. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Happytime Murders premiered alongside 76 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 31m runtime, production spent $440K per minute on screen and earned $302K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 76 other China films in 2018.
The 613th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Happytime Murders, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- puppet · 5
- spoof · 5
- adult humor · 2
- puppetry · 1
- fbi · 13
- drug lord · 10
- buddy cop · 8
- prostitute · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #783 of 946 China films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #248 of 319 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | STX Films, Black Bear Pictures, Henson Alternative, Huayi Brothers Pictures, On the Day |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | August 22, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt1308728 |
| Official Site | www.thehappytimemurders.movie |